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December 02, 2011

Pots will be held

These potholders will live in Kansas City soon, thanks to the Portland/Kansas City MQG potholder swap. I made one for my partner and got to make some angel potholders too. I wanted my potholders to be thickish and also to have some FMQ. So I made two separate quilt sandwiches for each potholder and bound them together. The tops are foundation pieced log cabins (with batting as the foundation). And the backs are plain to show some free motion quilting.

Any guesses how I got such lovely geometric patterns? Oh, I can't keep a secret: print tracing!

These are the backsides of two of the quilted pieces.

Below is how I used the Ty Pennington print to make the circles. Wavy line around the circles one way, then a wavy line back the other. Whenever I wanted to add a flower I just went inside the circle off the wavy line I was on, and went back to the wavy line after tracing all the "petals".

Looking at my fabrics for print tracing potential is kind of fun. It's a new way of perceiving them. Here are some I pulled out that I think would be great for this technique.

I've read that some people do entire quilts this way but for me the technique is perfectly suited for smaller items. What do you think, is it something you'd try?

Hi Christine! It's Mary Anne from KC MQG. Just wanted to let you know that the box of PMQG Potholders has arrived safe and sound! They are all so wonderful - I hope that you all have had as much fun with this swap as we have!

Most dfefinitely! I am just a beginner at FMQ but this would make things so much easier than doing my own thing! But like you I don't think I could do a whole quilt that way! Great for small projects though!